Memory Care (Coming in 2025)
Beginning in late-2025, Bishop Spencer Place will offer specialized memory care services for individuals and families affected by dementia, Alzheimer’s, or other memory loss conditions.
Our memory care will offer:
- Memory care experts: Our memory care medical director is a board-certified physician, specializing in memory and cognitive neurology, with the nationally recognized Saint Luke’s Marion Bloch Neuroscience Institute
- Compassionate care: Specialized activities and holistic care focused on the physical, intellectual, and spiritual health of residents and their loved ones
- Innovative and interactive solutions: Advanced technology to promote well-being, along with a thoughtfully designed, calming sensory room to reduce stress and agitation
- Distinguished living: Easy access to first-class amenities and services as part of the Bishop Spencer Place community
Learn more by calling 816-595-5878.
Frequently Asked Questions About Memory Care
Memory care is specialized residential care designed for people living with memory conditions, including Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. Saint Luke’s Bishop Spencer Place memory care is designed to support residents and their families by offering:
- Enhanced security
- Physicians and staff specially trained to work with residents with memory impairments
- Thoughtfully designed spaces, such as calming sensory rooms
- Specialized activities and personalized care
A memory care unit located within a larger retirement community, such as Bishop Spencer Place, that has all levels of care is ideal because the move into memory care is less stressful for the resident. The main differences between assisted living and memory care include:
Safety: Increased safety is important for seniors with memory loss. Memory care units have locked entrances and exits, keypad entries, obscured exits, and other safety features.
Staff training: Staff are specially trained, and the memory care unit has a higher caregiver-to-resident ratio. Staff’s focus is to limit wandering and distress, while encouraging engagement and independence where possible.
Amenities: Memory care features the same amenities as assisted living in most cases, but unique layouts and designs help orient residents. Memory care contains design elements to minimize confusion and calming therapies to mitigate agitation.
Activities and therapies: Memory care offers a focus on structured sensory stimulation and cultivated engagement to minimize the symptoms and challenges of memory loss, both in individual and group settings.
To be eligible for memory care, a person must have a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia. The No. 1 consideration whether a person is ready for memory care is their safety. A few questions to consider:
- Is it unsafe for them to live on their own?
- Are they wandering or can’t be left alone? Are they getting lost?
- Are they struggling with personal care, including showering and toileting?
- Are they struggling to manage daily chores, such as cooking, cleaning, and paying bills?
The strain on caregivers should also be taken under consideration. Is the mental and/or physical health of caregivers being affected? A move to memory care allows adult children and spouses to move out of the caregiving role and back into a child/spouse relationship.
Our memory care at Bishop Spencer Place is currently under construction and due to open in 2025. If you are interested in learning more or placing a deposit to reserve a spot, contact us at 816-595-5878.
